[Bug 2122124] [NEW] /etc/default/grub gone

[Benjamin Drung]

Public bug reported:

I noticed that my system booted without "quiet splash" and that
/etc/default/grub was gone. I have grub-efi-amd64 and grub2-common
installed, but not grub-common any more. I did run "apt purge ~c" some
time before which removed grub-common.

"sudo cp /usr/share/grub/default/grub /etc/default/grub" restored the
previous behavior.

So purging grub-common should not remove /etc/default/grub if
grub2-common is installed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
Package: grub2-common 2.14~git20250718.0e36779-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-3.3-generic 6.17.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 6.17.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep  5 15:41:12 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-07-28 (39 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.3)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-08-08 (28 days ago)

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug questing wayland-session

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Title:
  /etc/default/grub gone

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I noticed that my system booted without "quiet splash" and that
  /etc/default/grub was gone. I have grub-efi-amd64 and grub2-common
  installed, but not grub-common any more. I did run "apt purge ~c" some
  time before which removed grub-common.

  "sudo cp /usr/share/grub/default/grub /etc/default/grub" restored the
  previous behavior.

  So purging grub-common should not remove /etc/default/grub if
  grub2-common is installed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
  Package: grub2-common 2.14~git20250718.0e36779-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-3.3-generic 6.17.0-rc3
  Uname: Linux 6.17.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Sep  5 15:41:12 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-07-28 (39 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.3)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-08-08 (28 days ago)

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